Previous research has shown that the elephant trunk is made up of around 46,000 muscles. It can be turned, twisted, and bent.

A right-trunked elephant is more likely to curl its trunk to the right to pick things up, while a left-trunked elephant would prefer to bend it the other way. In the study, ...

The baby elephant in this post by @waggedmedia shows humanlike behavior in its search for comfort, showing This Baby Elephant Sucks Its Trunk Like a Baby Human Sucks Its Thumb. Here’s Why.

The quick-thinking elephant extended its trunk into the water to create a place for the gazelle to climb out. Unfortunately, the first rescue attempt didn’t work.

Rather like people grabbing a pen with the preferred hand, an individual elephant tends to bend its trunk toward the left or right when curling it to scoop up a fruit or other object of desire.

The elephant has a secret hiding right on its nose. Its famous trunk, full of muscle and devoid of bone, can move in a virtually infinite number of directions and is capable of performing an array ...

Wrinkles help give an elephant’s trunk its distinctive curl. www.alamyDavid Guinaldo/EyeEm/Alamy. Elephants’ trunks are so wrinkly to help them stretch out and reach further ...

The elephant is also picky about her bananas. She tosses away overripe bananas and eats underripe bananas whole like most elephants, but only seems to peel the perfectly brown-speckled ones.

Well, it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Proboscideans first started popping up in Africa during the early Eocene, around 55 million years ago.

An elephant at a German zoo likes to peel her banana with her trunk — a trick so unusual that she's become the subject of a scientific study.You could say researchers "went bananas" over Pang ...

An elephant at a German zoo likes to peel her banana with her trunk — a trick so unusual that she's become the subject of a scientific study.You could say researchers "went bananas" over Pang ...

A right-trunked elephant is more likely to curl its trunk to the right to pick things up, while a left-trunked elephant would prefer to bend it the other way. In the study, ...